Change the World, Get the Guy by satonawall

Posted during the Shadowhunters Big Bang 2018

Chapters: One-Shot
Genre: Canon AU, Human AU

Length:

25K – 50K
Rating:

Teen & Up
Secondary Characters:

Camille Belcourt, Catarina Loss,

Dot Rollins,

Izzy Lightwood,

Lorenzo Rey,

Luke Garroway, Maia Roberts,

Meliorn

Secondary Pairings:

Camille Belcourt / Magnus Bane, Catarina Loss / Dot Rollins
Additional Relationships:

Alec Lightwood & Izzy Lightwood,

Magnus Bane & Catarina Loss,

Magnus Bane & Izzy Lightwood

Themes: Angst,

Battle Couple,

Cat-Eyed Magnus,

Domesticity,

Family,

First Meeting,

Flirting, Fluff,

Food & Cooking,

Hazel-Eyed Alec,

Immortality Issue, Magic Use,

Magnus POV,

Portals,

Protective Alec,
Relationship Milestones, Scientist, Travel

 

Summary:

Isabelle leaned against the doorframe. “Any progress?”

Magnus looked around at the notes spread around him. “As dear old Thomas used to say, I’ve found 10,000 ways that won’t work, so we’ll call it a productive day.”

Magnus Bane has dedicated his immortal life to science, new inventions and discovering everything magic can do. After years of hard work, he is so, so close to revolutionising transportation by creating a magical portal that actually works, but he has let his work take over his whole life. However, when Isabelle, his mundane assistant researcher, brings around her brother Alec, Magnus’s obsessive focus wavers for the first time in a decade. Maybe giving himself a few breaks will actually help him figure out the magical theory behind portals.